Some constructive criticism for next time: Every time Ma'idah held up an object closer to the camera, the object was no longer in focus. If you use a camera with a larger depth-of-field, or had someone working the focus, it would have been much easier to see the items in close-up.

I honestly wouldn't mind one of these to try out with Game Anyone for Let's Plays. I mean sure it has other games, but it'd still be interesting, plus I'd be able to record Android games with my HD PVR 2 so I'm happy.

Ma'idah looks good in the video, and it is an unboxing (so it did what the title inferred), but I was hoping to hear the Escapist's opinion on the interface, hardware and games. Also, the music was not exciting, it was aggravating. I muted it. Too loud, in an attempt to make the video "exciting".

Honestly, I didn't think anyone could be enthusiastic about unboxing the Ouya. Its like unboxing an Xbox One, except worse. Everything I read about this console is depressing right down to the bad controls, bad performance, and shovel ware games. Every single review I ever seen on this console is a red flag after another.

Honestly, I didn't think anyone could be enthusiastic about unboxing the Ouya. Its like unboxing an Xbox One, except worse. Everything I read about this console is depressing right down to the bad controls, bad performance, and shovel ware games. Every single review I ever seen on this console is a red flag after another.

Oh, wow. I feel worse about the world just having watched that poor guy.

I'll be getting one once I've paid off my PS4 pre-order and a few games. And I might wait until they fix a few of the problems in some firmware updates, but I feel like the controller will be just fine for me, as I've never been bothered by the controller design of any console. As for games, I hope that by buying(and hopefully some other people) it indie developers will be tempted to develop specifically for it. Once the first damn good game is released on it, the community will eat it up, and hopefully it will tempt other people to buy it and get other developers to make stuff for it on the mentality that, contrary to popular belief, it's a console, not a phone.

Honestly, I didn't think anyone could be enthusiastic about unboxing the Ouya. Its like unboxing an Xbox One, except worse. Everything I read about this console is depressing right down to the bad controls, bad performance, and shovel ware games. Every single review I ever seen on this console is a red flag after another.

Okay, I don't know if y'all have done unboxing videos before, but you need to go to youtube.Amateurs are making significantly better videos. We don't need to see the person opening the box, we need are interested in the product itself. A far better way to do it is: aim cameras at the box, show us what comes out of it, and give succinct statements on the items in question

So, how does it handle the controllers when you only have a touchscreen? Also, do you have any links to this emulator?

The Ouya is an android device. Your Tegra 3 android phones are very similar:

It does emulaters

And you can use controllers: support depends on the game and where you got it:

EDIT: I've tried the Ouya. It has potential. What would really make it a great buy for me is the ability to use games I already bought incidentally for my phone from Googleplay. I just heard about "sideways loading" which allows you to do this. Brings me one more step toward getting this inexpensive box with inexpensive games.

Yes, you could use your phone, but for $100, to get the box, HDMI cable and controller for the convenience of having it always there (unlike my phone, which I'd need to set up every time before use) sounds pretty cool.

The only thing delaying me? My backlog of PS3 games is huge. I need to finish them before I move on to another console... and the PS4 is coming!!!

flaviok79:Ma'idah looks good in the video, and it is an unboxing (so it did what the title inferred), but I was hoping to hear the Escapist's opinion on the interface, hardware and games. Also, the music was not exciting, it was aggravating. I muted it. Too loud, in an attempt to make the video "exciting".

Something weird I just noticed: The Ouya costs $99.99 on Amazon.com and £99.99 on Amazon.co.uk

Converting from USD to UKP should make the Ouya about £65. Even additional transport costs shouldn't amount to £35 per unit. So do the guys at Ouya think all currencies are born equal? Or do we have Amazon to thank for that little price imbalance?

Honestly, I didn't think anyone could be enthusiastic about unboxing the Ouya. Its like unboxing an Xbox One, except worse. Everything I read about this console is depressing right down to the bad controls, bad performance, and shovel ware games. Every single review I ever seen on this console is a red flag after another.